The Guardian Higher Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

My friend Agnes Flues, who has died suddenly aged 42, was a courageous and principled trade unionist. She was branch president of the University and College Union (UCU) at Nottingham University from 2020 to the summer of 2023, when she relinquished the position following her election to the union’s national executive committee. During her time as branch president, Agnes led local strike action to challenge (successfully) harmful changes to the pension scheme.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

As higher education continues to shift and change, scholars who study the field convened in Minneapolis last week to share their scholarship and to strategize about best practices, particularly aimed at making colleges and universities more equitable and diverse. Sailesh Maharjan, a lecturer and mental health first aid trainer at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), wasn’t quite sure he would fit in at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

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